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Hedge

A hedge or ‘Hedging’ against investment risk means to strategically use instruments in the market to offset the risk of fluctuations in the price...

Futures

Futures are a type of financial contract whereby an investor is obliged to buy an asset at a specified future price and date. The...

Index Fund

DefinitionAn index fund is a mutual fund or exchange-traded fund designed to follow certain preset rules so that the fund can a specified basket...

War Economy

DefinitionA war economy is the set of contingencies undertaken by a modern state to mobilize its economy for war production. Philippe Le Billon describes...

Supply

Supply is an important economic term that denotes the amount of available goods and services in a country. The term is closely related to...

Dawn Raid

DefinitionA police raid is a visit by police or other law enforcement officers often in the early morning or late at night, with the...

Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

DefinitionThe Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was signed into United States federal law by US President Barack Obama on July 21,...

Daniel L. McFadden

DefinitionDaniel Little McFadden is an American econometrician who shared the 2000 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with James Heckman. McFadden's share of the...

Dealer-Median Prepayment Speed

What is 'Dealer-Median Prepayment Speed' The median value of all Wall Street securities dealers' prepayment speed estimates for the underlying mortgages used...

Dear Money

What is 'Dear Money' A situation in which money or loans are very difficult to obtain in a given country. If you...